Threats to Urban Forests in the Unitied States

Current threats include insects, diseases, and extreme weather events. Projected future threats are changes in air temperature, precipitation, aridity, wildfire risk, flooding, and sea level rise. Nowak, Greenfield and Ellis offer a novel way of exploring how these threats interact.

“Threats to Urban Forests in the United States,” Rooted in Research, USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, 2024.

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